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Sonny_LSU Offline
#1 Posted: Mon, Jan 6 2003, 9:52 AM EST
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My wife's gonna kill me! I signed up with CBID a little over a month ago and told her I would be very frugal when it came to this site. Well, $400+ dollars later.......when she gets the statement, I'm dead. Question: Is the comeback that she spends $200 every 2 months at her salon justified or should I kiss ass and pray?
Lowman Offline
#2 Posted: Mon, Jan 6 2003, 9:56 AM EST
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Get the Knee pads and Chapstick ready Sonny!!

I think just about all of us are in the same boat! (Well at least I know I am). Gotta beat the wife to the mailbox and get the statement before she does.

Low

PS. don't bring up the salon money... That will really open a can of worms!!
jazzman Offline
#3 Posted: Mon, Jan 6 2003, 9:59 AM EST
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I concur with Lowman---pucker up
[email protected] Offline
#4 Posted: Mon, Jan 6 2003, 10:01 AM EST
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- we all know that I am far from being PC on this board...

... however, I DO know limits ...

- if you even DARE compare her hair to cigars ....

... well.... may God have mercy on your soul.

Might try to pass off that you were buying these for gifts for others in your family .... OR

what are the possibilities that she'd JOIN you while you enjoyed a cigar? Might get laughed at for taking her with you to the Sunday night games ... so the two of you could spend some "quality time" together ... and your cigar bands would definately have to be kept as mementos ... take pictures and start taping the bands of the cigars to the backs of the pics ... start a photo album of YOU and HER for the both of you to enjoy when you grow old together and be quick to point out that it's NOT the cigar that made it memorable ... but rather HER presence when you SMOKED that cigar ...

- it's a long shot - but if you're desperate ... hey ... why not ?
Sonny_LSU Offline
#5 Posted: Mon, Jan 6 2003, 10:11 AM EST
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Jimmy, I didn't know you've met my wife!!! That idea is right on! She, and I hate to say this, falls into that high maintainance category (emotionaly speaking). Seriously, your idea may have some validity to it. I'm trying to get her to start smoking gars....I'll give it to her, she does know how to single out dog rockets. Alas, with all of this in mind, I think I'll check her b-c pill case to time my confessional accordingly.
Mr.Mean Offline
#6 Posted: Mon, Jan 6 2003, 10:19 AM EST
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Wow Jimmy that was so caring... and sphlft,, sensitive , ,perfiffffshtft, tha I almost think you. ggurrnnnnmmmmff your showing your feminine side..
BLLLEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAACHHHHH.

Whooo! I feel better.
DrMaddVibe Offline
#7 Posted: Mon, Jan 6 2003, 10:20 AM EST
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Well it was a good run! All the way to the finish! Blame it on "that" dog of yours! LOL!

Might want to invest in a tin of Altoids too, for that minty fresh breath!

This place cracks me up!
E-Chick Offline
#8 Posted: Mon, Jan 6 2003, 10:26 AM EST
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Sonny,

Wow! From a woman's perspective, I thought So. Cal. salon prices were high! I do most of my salon treatments in Los Angeles and more specifically, Beverly Hills.

Trying to justify this, I figured out MY expenses for comparison...Lord knows I need those treatments :)

I spend $148.00 combined on hair, manicure and pedicure, eyebrows, and waxing - before tip (which depending on service is between 20-35%) every 2 months, and if I tipped 35%, I'd be just under $200.00...well, the nails are done every 2 weeks, so I guess that'd put me at $262.00 total before tip...

Nevermind, now I'm in trouble!

Bringing up that issue WILL most definitely be a fight, but dude, she's paying high prices. Do you live in NYC?...you on the other hand are getting your fix at 'auction' prices...no comparison! It's apples and oranges as far as women are concerned...especially IF she doesn't enjoy YOUR hobby as much as you do!

Heck, you could LIVE without (I know, it's blasphemy) cigars, but don't think for one minute that she'll live without her salon treatments! LOL!

I think you need to take the "it's a hobby, sweetie. I really enjoy it and it's so relaxing" approach and MAYBE if you feel lucky, you might add something like, "and I know how much you enjoy doing your 'girl' stuff at the salon and mall...you KNOW how great you feel afterward!"...

Good luck!

But I think I'd have the invoices mailed somewhere - ANYWHERE - else than home! Learn from the gurus here!
plabonte Offline
#9 Posted: Mon, Jan 6 2003, 10:37 AM EST
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I suggest you grow a pair and when she asks you why the bill is so high tell her that at least you aren't spending the money on drugs and prostitutes.
RobertParrott Offline
#10 Posted: Mon, Jan 6 2003, 10:44 AM EST
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Sonny,
You could try what works for me. When I get the shipment I take out the invoice and mark the retail price of the cigars next to the price I paid. then I take the invoice and show the wife just how much I have saved by buying on C-bid. It works like a charm, you know that a woman can't pass up a sale or discount.

Now on the otherhand...... if she gets out ALL the invoices and adds them up for the year.... I'm friggin DEAD.......$3000+
Robert
SteveS Offline
#11 Posted: Mon, Jan 6 2003, 10:51 AM EST
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Sonny ... just bend over and kiss your a$$ goodbye ...
Sonny_LSU Offline
#12 Posted: Mon, Jan 6 2003, 11:02 AM EST
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Doc, you're brilliant! It was Jake's fault;) ....he is a pain in the ass! LOL! I don't know how he got my password!

E, ....wine, cut, wine, color, wine, manicure, more wine.......I think I'm paying for the booze! I live in Baton Rouge, but, contrary to popular belief, our cost of living is fairly high (not anything like the San Diego area though)....New Orleans is actually cheaper. But the hobby thing is a good approach.

Plabonte, all I can say is my nads are stone and she works at the quarry!
Sonny_LSU Offline
#13 Posted: Mon, Jan 6 2003, 11:08 AM EST
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Rob, I printing your reponse and giving it to her! That will do it. "...you see, sweetheart, I'm near as bad as those guys!!!!"

Charlie Offline
#14 Posted: Mon, Jan 6 2003, 11:15 AM EST
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She is going to toss you to the 'Gators! You could say something like this, "It could have been $800, if I had only won the AVO......., so it wasn't so bad"

BLAP!!!! Roof caving in on your head! Welcome to the group!

Charlie
Charlie Offline
#15 Posted: Mon, Jan 6 2003, 11:16 AM EST
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Sonny

Did Cbid send you any free Matches?

Charlie
Lowman Offline
#16 Posted: Mon, Jan 6 2003, 11:31 AM EST
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HEY... I never got Matches!!!
E-Chick Offline
#17 Posted: Mon, Jan 6 2003, 11:32 AM EST
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I did, once...
xibbumbero Offline
#18 Posted: Mon, Jan 6 2003, 12:15 PM EST
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Sonny,crouch down on the ground and reach way back with your head,look up and kiss your ass goodbye,LOL. X
plabonte Offline
#19 Posted: Mon, Jan 6 2003, 12:24 PM EST
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LOL at Sonny...I mean sadly shake my head at Sonny.

You could always tell her that some good cigars (like good wine) appreciate in value over time. So you are really investing. When she sees you smoking one just tell her that that is one of the few that you got that don't appreciate in value and you didn't want it to go to waste.
SteveS Offline
#20 Posted: Mon, Jan 6 2003, 12:26 PM EST
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Hey, I got some matches today !!!
Santyth Offline
#21 Posted: Mon, Jan 6 2003, 12:28 PM EST
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Aren't any of you people single?
SteveS Offline
#22 Posted: Mon, Jan 6 2003, 12:28 PM EST
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but I just noticed ... they're CI matches, not CBid ... is there a difference that I should know about ???
Charlie Offline
#23 Posted: Mon, Jan 6 2003, 12:40 PM EST
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One book has CIon it and the other has CBid!

Charlie
Mr.Mean Offline
#24 Posted: Mon, Jan 6 2003, 12:42 PM EST
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When you get the cbid matches, they really like you.
SteveS Offline
#25 Posted: Mon, Jan 6 2003, 12:50 PM EST
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So, does that mean if I've got CBid matches in the past, but am getting CI matches now, I've retrogressed in status ??
Tobasco Offline
#26 Posted: Mon, Jan 6 2003, 2:11 PM EST
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I recieved a UPS & USPS order today! One had CBid matches,the other had none. Both orders packed by a gal named Kitty. Must be random. Ive got plenty of matches before, just isnt everytime.

Mag
osage Offline
#27 Posted: Mon, Jan 6 2003, 2:38 PM EST
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Use my excuse. I'm selling them to my brother-in-law for a profit!
xrundog Offline
#28 Posted: Mon, Jan 6 2003, 2:44 PM EST
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Sonny, Try this one. Ya know honey, I may have went a bit overboard. But now my humidors are mostly filled, I have the auction thing figured out, I'm really gonna slow down now. Thanks for being so understanding! Mag, Kitty packed both boxes! She knows how many matches you need!
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#29 Posted: Tue, Jan 7 2003, 8:36 AM EST
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plabonte

correct response if one is needed. i can't even imagine toby mentioning negative about my cigars.
cruiser Offline
#30 Posted: Tue, Jan 7 2003, 9:04 AM EST
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Rick You're not talking about the 2 Boxes of 25gars from the philippines you paid $ 4.00 each LMAOF
E-Chick Offline
#31 Posted: Tue, Jan 7 2003, 10:03 AM EST
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LOL!

New Cigarbid sideline: "Cigarbid Matches - For all of you singles out there!"

Real customer testimonial, "Why, just look at how much fun Slimboli and I are having, now that we've been matched up!"
CNCInc Offline
#32 Posted: Tue, Jan 7 2003, 10:33 AM EST
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In no instance that I can think of do I ever get matches from CBid. I always, with no exceptions get matches from CI. My wife got a box of candle matches in her stocking this year, and I think I found my new “lighter”. Those things are about 1/8” wide, 5” long and about 3/16” in depth. Perfect for cigar lighting.

Speaking of Wives…. Sonny if you think your wife will be upset then, stand up and admit what you did and tell her why you did it. Do it before she gets the bill. IMHO I would not redirect the problem, twist the reasoning to turn a negative into a positive or do anything to deceive your mate. You are after all married and this is your life partner. If you truly believe you acted inappropriately then apologize, if you truly believe that you acted responsibly and you behaved within your budget then I wouldn’t apologize, but gently tell her that what you did was justified and earned. If you feel that she spends too much money at the solon then that is another subject that you should talk about after the first is resolved, not as part of the cigar expenditures. If you bring it up within the same agreement (I do this but you do that) then all your doing is finger pointing, and that’s never good. The two key things you have to keep in mind when talking to your mate when they are upset is to stick to the subject and be honest.

Well that’s my .000002


Chris
SteveS Offline
#33 Posted: Tue, Jan 7 2003, 10:49 AM EST
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CNCInc ... move that decimal point several places to the right ... make it a LOT of spaces to the right ... Ann Landers and Dear Abby couldn't have done a better job of offering advise if they'd written a joint response ...
E-Chick Offline
#34 Posted: Tue, Jan 7 2003, 10:56 AM EST
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WOW!

A straight, REAL answer!

CNC is the man! How could she be mad if you come clean?

Well, she may be mad, but now you've nothing to hide...honesty IS the best policy!

Then you can duck!
plabonte Offline
#35 Posted: Tue, Jan 7 2003, 11:47 AM EST
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I think CNC is really Oprah.
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#36 Posted: Tue, Jan 7 2003, 4:18 PM EST
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in an argument between couples, the two words that are inappropriate are

never

always

like in "you never do or you always do."

nobody nevers and nobody always
joelmitre Offline
#37 Posted: Tue, Jan 7 2003, 4:32 PM EST
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Sonny, I hate to say it, but you are a dead man. I appreciate Chris' comments, however, the reality is plain and simple, there's not much you can do but lessen the blow, if I were you, I'd go out and visit a jeweler, not much else would work at this point, diamonds, diamonds, diamonds.

You are a big fella, maybe try and puff up when she confronts you?
rayder1 Offline
#38 Posted: Tue, Jan 7 2003, 9:54 PM EST
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Debit card. Use your debit card. No statement...no paper trail. Get the card statement...pay the bill. Do an Enron. And hope for the best.
ducati996 Offline
#39 Posted: Wed, Jan 8 2003, 2:12 AM EST
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When my CBID boxes arrives in the mail, I just tell my wife I lost another bet to Magnafide....lol.
Sonny_LSU Offline
#40 Posted: Wed, Jan 8 2003, 4:42 PM EST
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Joel, I've always said that if I had a 50 pound chihuahua (mean little bastards), I'd run the world......she is the same, but much cuter. The more I'd puff up, the bigger her target gets;)
Sonny_LSU Offline
#41 Posted: Wed, Jan 8 2003, 4:53 PM EST
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Rayder, not a bad idea, but she is the domestic controller.....nothing gets by her. Hhhhhhhh (long sigh)....CNC speaks with a wicked tongue; however, a wise one as well. Alas, I will fess-up and take it.
joelmitre Offline
#42 Posted: Wed, Jan 8 2003, 5:02 PM EST
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LMFAO!
rayder1 Offline
#43 Posted: Wed, Jan 8 2003, 5:22 PM EST
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LMAO. You married my wife's sister I assume. I manage creativity to avoid the inevitible. Sometimes I get one past her...the next time...no.
My best coup is to have a couple cigars and not have her smell them on my breath or clothes. I always end up in a shower and clothes in the washer after I come home from herfing after she smells it.
THL Offline
#44 Posted: Thu, Jan 9 2003, 9:56 AM EST
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Rayder1 has got the right idea with the debit card. I'm gonna change my profile. And at least the cigar smell covers the whiskey, crack and pot. LOL
CNCInc Offline
#45 Posted: Thu, Jan 9 2003, 11:20 AM EST
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That's the noble thing to do Sonny. Good man. Even if she gets upset beyond what she rationally should, you have done the "right" thing and in the end you will be a better person for it. Keep in mind that when you marry you marry for "better or worse". Both of you are not always going to make the right moves, and there will be times when your going to be disappointed with each other. It’s how you handle and learn from those situations that will continue to cement your relationship, and in the end hopefully make it stronger.


Chris

plabonte Offline
#46 Posted: Thu, Jan 9 2003, 11:42 AM EST
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What I don't understand is why you have to "fess up". Why do you feel the need to "ask permission". Just say I bought some cigars. End of story. If she gets mad because you spent money (which I am assuming you helped earn) then the problem lies with her not you.
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